Bengali or Bangla Tongue Twisters
| Original: | জলে চুনে তাজা, তেলে চুলে তরতাজা। |
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| Transcription: | jole chun taja, tele chul taja |
| English: | Lime fresh in water, hair fresh in oil. |
| Original: | পাখি পাকা পেঁপে খায়। |
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| Transcription: | pakhi paka pnepe khay |
| English: | The bird eats ripe papaya. |
| Original: | চাচা চাচা চট চাচান, আচাচা চট চাঢচা |
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| Transcription: | chacha chnacha chata chnechona, aa-chnacha chata chnacho |
| English: | An uncle doesn't polish the polished bamboo-strips, polish the un-polished ones! |
| Original: | বাঘলা গাছ বাঘ ঝুলছে |
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| Transcription: | babla gachhe baagh jhulchhe |
| English: | The Tiger is hanging from the babla-tree |
| Original: | baaro haari raabri baro barabari |
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| English: | Twelve bowls of "Raabri" (sweet) is too much! |
| Original: | kacha gab paka gab |
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| English: | Green gab (a fruit). ripe gab. |
| Original: | kolikatar kakoli kakake kohilo: kaka, kak keno ka-ka kore? |
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| English: | Calcutta's Kakoli asked his uncle: "Uncle! Why (do) the crows say kra-kra?" |
| Original: | Lal Ril Nil Ril |
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| English: | Red reel, blue reel |